retrocedere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- backtrack verb To go back the way you came, retracing your own steps or route.
- break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- resile verb To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
- retreat noun The act of pulling back from danger, especially a military withdrawal.
- revert verb To go back to a previous state, condition, or topic.
- withdraw verb To take money out of a bank account.
Senses
retrocedere is used for these senses in English:
- back out (transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
- backpedal (intransitive) To step backwards.
- backtrack To retrace one's steps.
- break (transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- resile To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
- retreat (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- revert (transitive, now, rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.
- withdraw To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military) , to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
backpedal — full definition
- verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- verb To step backwards.
- verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backtrack — full definition
- verb To go back the way you came, retracing your own steps or route.
- verb To reverse or withdraw an earlier statement, promise, or position.